Plate Tectonics

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust
• A piece of Earth's mantle
• A piece of Earth's core
• A piece of Earth's Moon

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The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the

• core
• lava
• magma
• mantle

The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________. 

• mesosphere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• mantle

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

• oceanic
• continental
• neither

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The area where two tectonic plates meet.

• mantle
• focus
• plate boundary
• convection

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